Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards systems and methods for hybrid blockchain control. According to some embodiments a method for hybrid blockchain control, an update to a distributed blockchain is received from a blockchain system. The blockchain system includes multiple nodes individually storing copies of the distributed blockchain and individually updating the copies by a consensus process. A determination is made as to whether the distributed blockchain has been fraudulently modified based on the received update. In response to determining the distributed blockchain has been fraudulently modified: 1) a corrective block is disseminated to the blockchain system to trigger the consensus process on the nodes; and 2) a predefined override in the consensus process is invoked to update the copies of the distributed blockchain in a manner that bypasses an illegitimate block. Further, the predefined override is invoked while the consensus process processes the corrective block.
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12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the override function is performed to bypass the illegitimate block blockchain.
13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the override function is one of a master function, a freeze function, a poison function, or a null function.
14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the freeze function stops the computer nodes from extending the distributed blockchain until an override block with the master function or the poison function is received by the computer nodes.
15. The method according to claim 13, wherein the master function forces the computer nodes to extend the copies of the distributed blockchain along an override block with the master function.
16. The method according to claim 13, wherein the poison function alerts the computer nodes to deny updates from a computer node to which a block associated with the poison function belongs.
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